Tales from the Inside [update]

In today’s column, Bethlehem’s Sam Messina wins over both the Working Families and Conservative parties, a feat accomplished by just one other person, says Ritchie Stack; Albany Councilman Michael O’Brien experiences some of the perils of urban cycling; an Albany mayoral candidates forum is scheduled; and, is Mike Hoblock here to save the day?

Also in today’s news, timesunion.com is reporting Albany County Family Court Judge Gerard Maney, who earlier this week launched a campaign for state Supreme Court, was charged with driving while ability impaired last night, apparently nabbed by one of the well-publicized post Alive at Five DWI checkpoints.

Update: For an update on others who have won both the WFP and Conservative parties’ endorsement, check out this post here.

Hoblock! He is the last hope of the old guard Republican machine of Colonie. He quit his last elected administrator’s post, County Executive, because he actually had to work and didn’t like it. I say, if you think the town of Colonie has lots of money to throw away, elect Hoblock. He will bring his GOP friends back into town government and cheat the public of its tax dollars once again. Honest folks, this guy is the poster boy for political hackism, along with Albany’s mayor, Jerry Jennings….